On 2015-06-18 09:05, Gilles Chanteperdrix wrote: > > Jan Kiszka wrote: >> On 2015-06-17 23:35, Leopold Palomo-Avellaneda wrote: >>> El Dimecres, 17 de juny de 2015, a les 19:25:56, Gilles Chanteperdrix va >>> escriure: >>>> Leopold Palomo-Avellaneda wrote: >>>>> Hi, >>>>> >>>>> using a debian tool to check the license of the package I have found >>>>> that >>>>> his >>>> >>>>> files: >>>> This mail looks very different from the one you sent me privately and I >>>> told you to post on the list. It does not even concern the same version >>>> of >>>> Xenomai. >>> >>> yes, >>> >>> it's true. But what I understood from you was that it was better that I >>> sent >>> to the list. That file comes from xenomai-2.6.4. Any problem then? >>> >>> I just need to clarify this kind of things because ftp-masters are every >>> day >>> more strict (what I think it's better), especially with licenses. Never >>> happens nothing till the day that something happen. >> >> Out of curiosity: How do these license check work right now? What's the >> tool used and how are the outputs processed (manual or automatic >> decisions etc.)? >> >>> >>> If can check this kind of stuff it would be better, that's all. For >>> instance, I >>> was a bit surprised about the autotools generated files, because I >>> thought they >>> would never had license. >> >> If something has no license, it cannot be used. > > That is an over-simplification. Or maybe a policy of the company you work > at. But that is not a general truth that applies to everyone.
Of course, it's a simplification (you may still use it secretly under your blanket), but your lawyer will tell you something like this if you ask. At least when referring to common copyright laws on this planet. So this is not a company policy thing but a jurisdiction issue. Jan -- Siemens AG, Corporate Technology, CT RTC ITP SES-DE Corporate Competence Center Embedded Linux _______________________________________________ Xenomai mailing list [email protected] http://xenomai.org/mailman/listinfo/xenomai
